The Civilization of Crime: Violence in Town and Country Since the Middle Ages

by Eric A. Johnson

Book Overview

Along with most of the rest
of Western culture, has crime itself become more "civilized"?
This book exposes as myths the beliefs that society has become more violent
than it has been in the past and that violence is more likely to occur
in cities than in rural areas.
The product of years of study
by scholars from North America and Europe, The Civilization of Crime
shows that, however violent some large cities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252065468
• ISBN13: 9780252065460
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"